Patricia McGourty has had the good fortune to experience three art and design careers. As a costume designer she worked in stage and film in New York and California for 18 years collaborating with creative teams on productions ranging from Shakespeare Festivals to Broadway musicals. Her costumes have played on stages in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.As a painter and collage artist, Patricia spent 12 years in the Middle East developing her personal artwork which she sees as a visual dialogue with diverse world cultures and communities. Patricia has also been the artistic director for ArtWorks, an arts and culture consultancy in Dubai. By exploring theatrical design, public art and cross-cultural art forms she has been able to expand her collaborative work into art and design for “The World Stage” of our global community.